Method of attaching buttons to corsets or other garments



N 6 ModeL) M. .P. BRAY 8 METHOD OF ATTAGHING BUTTONS T0 GORSETS OR OTHER GARMENTS;

Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

N. PETERS. P'lulu-Lilhngmphar, Wmhmgum l1!)v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS P. BRAY, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHAUNCEY L. OLMSTEAD, OF WEST BROOKFIELD, AND ALBERT D. NA- SON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. Y

METHOD OF ATTACHING BUTTONS TO CORSETS'OR OTHER GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,687, dated November 27, 1888.

Application filed August El, 1888. Serial No. 282,335. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS P. BRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Attaching Buttons to Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to devise a simple, strong, and inexpensive flexible button-fastening.

1 My novel mode of flexibly attaching buttons is adapted to almost any use in connection with clothing, but is especially valuable in attaching buttons upon corsets or waists, and also for securing buttons to various garments for the purpose of attaching thereto a stocking or skirt supporter, the special requirements for buttons of this class being flexibility and strength of attachment, neat general appearance, and a reduced cost of manufacture.

2 5 With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel method of attaching buttons, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, numbers being used to denote c the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a front corset-section to which my invention is applied, a portion of the upper ply being removed, likewise the buttons, their position being indicated in dotted lines, and the continuous tape being in section where the buttons are removed; Fig. 2, a cross-section on the lineww; Fig. 3, an elevation of a side section of a corset, illustrating the manner in which my invention is applied for securing buttons for the attachment of stocking and skirt supporters, portions of the upper ply and one of the buttons being broken away; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the line y y in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of aside sec- 5 tion, corresponding with Fig. 3, except that the outer ply is made in a single piece, an opening for the stay-pieces being cut therein.

1 denotes an inner ply doubled at the edge to form a pocket, 2, in which a bone may be inserted, if required, and 3 an outer ply folded under at the edge and stitched to the inner ply.

4 denotes stay-pieces, ordinarily made of strong tape,which are secured between the inner and outer plies.

It will, of course, be understood that I con- 5 5 template attaching buttons at the extreme edge of a garment, (not shown,) just back from the edge, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or at any other portion of the garment, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the stay-pieces are folded upon themselves and the back edges are stitched between the two plies, leaving loops projecting forward. As shown in Figs.

3 and 4, the upper ply is made in two sections, the edges turned under, and the edges 6 of the stay-pieces are secured on opposite sides of the opening in the outer ply, said opening being indicated by 5 in Fig. 3, the edges being stitched down, as shown.

6 denotes the buttons,which simply require to be provided with attaching holes or loops. The essential principle of attachment is that all of the buttons in a series are carried by a continuous tape, denoted by 7. It will be noticed in Fig. 1 (see, also, dotted horizontal lines 7 5 in Figs. 3 and 5) that there are spaces between the stay-pieces which approximate in width the distance between the attaching-holes in the style of buttons shown. It will be observed that in both of these modes of applying the stay-pieces I form longitudinal pockets by means of the said stay-pieces and the lines of stitching 8, these pockets being for the reception of the tapes or cords which secure the buttons, the securing tapes or cords being thus at 8 5 all times properly held in place from lateral displacement by said pockets, which admit of all necessary longitudinal movement of the securing tapes or cords to permit the strain on the buttons to be equalized.

The operation of attaching buttons to the garment is as follows: One end of the continuous tape for each series of buttons is secured in place, the otherend secured to a tape-needle and passed through the pocket in or under 5 the first stay'piece. The tape is then threaded up through one of the attaching-holes in the button and down through the other, or through the eye if that class of buttons is used; then through the pocket in or under the next staypieee; then up through the attaching-hole in the button, down through again, and through the pocket in or under the next stay-piece, and so on to the end of the series, each button being drawn down as tightly as may be desired after the tape has been passed through the next stay-piece. After completing the series, the free end of the tape is secured in place by stitching or in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The herein-described method of attaching buttons to garments, said method consisting in forminglongitudinal pockets between the plies of the garments by stitching stay-pieces be tween said plies, then passing a tape or cord alternately through said pockets and the buttons, and tightening and securing the said tape or cord, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS P. BRAY.

Witnesses:

A. M. WoosTER, BERTHA E. LEE. 

